Do infants need pillows?

Question:

Should infants sleep with a pillow under their heads?

Response:

Thanks for asking this very important question.  The links (below) to the American Sudden Infant Death Syndrome website and the American Academy of Pediatrics Association’s website offer valuable information on why pillows are probably not a safe thing to have in a baby’s crib.  They both agree that infants are safer (and truth be told happier) without a pillow.  Personally, my son didn’t get a pillow until he turned two years old.  He never knew what he was missing. 

After thinking about this question, I am now wondering what a chiropractor would say about infants and pillows.  My question is… does a pillow affect the growth of the spine (since infants sleep more than they are awake) during their 13 to 14 hours of sleep each day in the first year of life? 

A Parents Guide to Safe Sleep

Reducing the risk of SIDS

Tracey Bryant Stuckey

Chief Creative Learning Officer
Wiggle Giggle Learn
tracey@wigglegigglelearn.com